Maasai > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Maasai
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Masai; Maa; Lumbwa; Kimaasai; Sprachen der Wakuafi und Masai; Oigob
Spoken in:
Kenya, Tanzania
Number of speakers:
590,000 in Kenya, increasing. Population total all countries: 1,045,000
(Ethnologue)
Code:
mas
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Nilo-Saharan
Parent Subgroup:
Ongamo-Maa; Masai; Maa-Ongamo (ongm)
Child Dialects:
Parakuyo; Baraguyu; Kwavi (mas-par)
Kisonko (mas-kis)
Loitai (mas-loi)
Siria (mas-sir)
Kore (mas-kor)
Iloodokilani (mas-ilo)
Matapo (mas-mat)
Damat (mas-dam)
Laitokitok (mas-lai)
Arusa; Arusha; Il-Arusha; L-Arusha (mas-aru)
Kaputiei (mas-kap)
Keekonyokie (mas-kee)
Purko (mas-pur)
Moitanik; Wuasinkishu (mas-moi)

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